For the third straight year, the final was against the United States.

Their opponents this time in the divisional playoffs were the Dallas Cowboys, making it the third consecutive year the teams faced each other in the playoffs.

GDP growth remained above potential for the third consecutive year .

The country ended 2008 with its ninth straight year of growth, but growth has slowed with the decline in the price of oil and gas.

The Bulls reached 40 wins, and advanced to the playoffs for the third consecutive year.

For the fourth straight year, the Knicks were eliminated in the second round of the playoffs.

The Lakers reached the Finals for the third year in a row, where Johnson's Lakers and Bird's Celtics met for the first time in the post season.

One Day on Earth is documenting videos of the world for the 2nd year in a row.

COMMODITY PRICE DEVELOPMENTS IN 2007 Oil prices surged for the fourth year in a row in 2007 .

He finished as the top scorer for the second consecutive tournament, matching his 2006 total of five goals.

COMMODITY PRICES ROSE STRONGLY IN 2005 Oil prices soared for a second year in a row in 2005 .

In Bulgaria the Wiki Loves Earth competition was organized for the third time in a row, from June 1 to 30.

At the end of the year, the Yankees faced the Giants for the third straight year in the World Series, and finally triumphed for their first championship.

For the third year in a row, the team lost in the first round of the playoffs, as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Yankees in the 2007 ALDS.

Tracy and Hepburn appeared onscreen together for a third consecutive year in the 1949 film Adam's Rib .

Consumer confidence in the euro area continued to improve throughout the year , extending the rise in confidence for a second successive year and helping to underpin private consumption .

In 1975, Schwarzenegger was once again in top form, and won the title for the sixth consecutive time, beating Franco Columbu.

Hepburn received an Academy Award nomination for the second year running for her work opposite Burt Lancaster in The Rainmaker (1956).

In 1990, Becker met Edberg for the third consecutive year in the Wimbledon final, but this time was on the losing end of a long five set match.

For three years in a row, this country of roughly 10.5 million people (according to data from 2012) has seen its population decrease.

According to critics, one of the major problems with the embargo is that the United States is the only major country that has such an embargo against Cuba in place.

Re election for a consecutive term is not allowed.

The report points out that, in general, the world has become more peaceful for the second year in a row, with the exception of the Middle East and North Africa region.

For the second consecutive year, Mexican filmmakers will have a leading role in the awards ceremony of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, better known as the Oscars.

Discretionary measures suffer from implementation lags and are difficult to reverse , and thus often lead to pro cyclical fiscal policies .

Despite a slowdown in import growth in 2003 , foreign trade made a negative contribution to real GDP growth for the eighth year in a row .

Abe's words were notable in that he did not express Japan's guilt for starting the war, while the emperor expressed feelings of deep remorse for the war, for the third year in a row.

Despite winning the AL East for the ninth consecutive year, the Yankees lost again in the ALDS, this time to the Detroit Tigers.

After beating the Kansas City Royals for the third consecutive year in the ALCS, the Yankees faced the Dodgers again in the World Series.

The movie was nominated in all the major categories at the Academy Awards, and for the second year running Hepburn won the Oscar for Best Actress (shared with Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl ).

Each party ruled the country for 10 years.

The album became the fifth consecutive Madonna album to top the chart.

With these additional players and the previous year's starting five, the Bulls again made it to the Conference Finals, and pushed the Pistons to seven games before being edged out for the third straight year, the Pistons going on to repeat as NBA champions.

For the second consecutive year, the polls at the Blogs Brazil 2008 Award website were open from December last year throughout January, ending at Campus Party Brazil, on January 23 and split into two types, jury and public, with the finalists grouped into 30 different categories.

2000 brought an increase in revenue of 9 and net income of 39 with ABC and ESPN leading the way and Parks and Resorts marking its sixth consecutive year of growth.

Jordan was named Finals MVP for the second year in a row and finished the series averaging 35.8 ppg, 4.8 rpg, and 6.5 apg, while shooting 53 from the floor.

In 2015, Sonae s major retail brands were distinguished as Trusted Brands , according to the international study carried out for the 15th consecutive year by the Reader's Digest Selections.

The first two games in San Antonio were split but the Heat fell to the Spurs 4 1, failing to 3 peat.

The album debuted at number one in UK and spent four consecutive weeks at the top position.

The song became her third consecutive single to top the Hot Dance Club Play chart in the United States.

The EU banking sector remained resilient , albeit challenged for a third consecutive year by subpar economic growth in 2003 . It absorbed the adverse effects of a less benign than expected environment .

For the fourth successive year , net trade in goods and services provided a positive , albeit small , stimulus to growth , underpinned by subdued growth in relative unit labour costs and , as a result , improvements in competitiveness . The rise in domestic demand was linked to an improvement in investment growth and an increase in stockbuilding , while growth in private consumption was unchanged and government consumption was weaker than in 1996 .

For the fourth successive year , net trade in goods and services provided a positive , albeit small , stimulus to growth , underpinned by subdued growth in relative unit labour costs and , as a result , improvements in competitiveness .

Then the U.N. Jazz Orchestra dropped by and we recorded them and got nominated for a second Grammy back to back.

In the next season, Carvalho won his second league title in a row, and his first UEFA Champions League title, in which tournament he was named best defender of the tournament.